Authors Quote by Stacia Kane

“ [Blog post, March 10, 2014]”

— K.J. Charles

“1. Everyone is entitled to their opinion about the things they read (or watch, or listen to, or taste, or whatever). They’re also entitled…

— John Scalzi

“Remember, we all make our work available in a commercial transaction, the terms of which we, ourselves, dictate. If we give it away for…

— Pete Morin

“Only a few short years ago, the average stay-at-home mom spent her relaxation time reading Jackie Collins and staring at the pool boy. Now,…

— Pete Morin

“But 'I worked hard on this' doesn’t exempt you from criticism. Those harsh reviews aren’t about anyone being out to get me. It’s not…

— Jim C. Hines

I've been reading reviews of my stories for twenty-five years, and can't remember a single useful point in any of them, or the slightest…

— Anton Chekhov

Reviewers are certainly entitled to their own opinions. I've become buddies with enough writers and directors, and to be perfectly honest, the ones that…

— Evan Daugherty

There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers, sometimes hysterical, was different. I have suffered, but I…

— Marguerite Young

I've sold too many books to get good reviews anymore. There's a lot of jealousy, because [reviewers] think they can write a good novel…

— John Grisham

I think reviewers have become particularly venomous because, in a way, the power has been sucked from them. A 15-year-old can write a review…

— Todd Phillips

I am tired of reading reviews that call A Good Man brutal and sarcastic. The stories are hard but they are hard because there…

— Flannery O'Connor

I feel reviewers are tougher on comedies in general. They don't take them seriously, and the ones that get great reviews are not necessarily…

— Bobby Farrelly